Do You Have Enough LIGHTING In Your Rooms?

   

Did you know that there is a formula on how to figure out how many watts of light your room needs?

I read a little formula a long time ago that said  find your square footage (example 12ft X 16ft = 192sq.ft)

Then multiply your square footage by 1.5 (192 sq.ft. X 1.5 =288 watts) so that means your room will need 288 watts of lighting sources.

An average room should have approx. 4-5 lamps.

My family room is 17ft.X 20ft.=340 sq.ft X1.5= 510 watts are needed to light my room properly.

I will be the first one to admit that I do have a need for light. Lots of natural light in the day, and  ambient lighting at night.

There was one darkish corner in my family room since we made our changes so I HAD to get another light source.

I knew exactly what I wanted to get. Since my sconces are an antique brass I thought something simple, and antique brass would be a nice accent in the room.

I was telling some friends that I really wanted a pharmacy/apothecary floor lamp for that corner.

One of my friends, who could be a personal shopper found the perfect floor lamp for me…..

BALLARDS JULIAN APOTHECARY LAMP

Go to Ballard HERE!

Are you ready to see it in my family room?

The white mirror is also from Ballard, it is the Atoll mirror found HERE! 

I did put two coats of my trim paint on the mirror. It comes in a gray based white with some distressing and that is not suitable for my room, but the fresh crisp white worked out well.

In this image you can see how well it works with the Mary Mc Donald antique brass sconces.

Now all the main elements are in the room!!

Things to do are:

Finish wainscoting around the room (we are now wondering if the room really needs it all the way around.)

Crown molding around the entire room plus carry it into the kitchen area that joins the family room.

Paint my childhood desk.

Paint barstools, and have seat upholstered.

Find some interesting art, possibly architectural blue prints, or an old sign.

What is to come next:

A Before and After

Show and Tell of my new pillows that I just got.

 BTW:

Thank you to those of you who emailed me wondering if I was alright. 

I have not blogged this past week because I was out playing with three lovely design chatroom friends that I met in blogland. I was showing them a little of Northern California and it’s offerings.

I had a friend from North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri staying with me for 5 days. Oh the fun we had!! One big slumber party.

I am back on track now so hopefully I will be up and running full speed ahead this next week.

Happy Weekend!!

 

 

SMILING MEMORIES

 

Do you ever see something and it evokes a pleasant memory? 

Sometimes you can remember exactly where you saw, smelled or heard it. There are other times it just makes you smile, and you are not quite sure why.

I have a couple of things that make me smile for one of the above reasons.

Every time I see a sheer voile curtain blowing in the gentle breeze it will bring a smile to my face…..

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Can’t you just feel the gentle breeze?

My next smiling memory involves sound more than sight.

I only wish I could duplicate the sound of a……..

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……..Screen door slamming. Remember the creaking, squeaking sound, then the SLAM!!?

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Do you share in my smiling memories, or maybe you have your very own special smiling memory. 

What brings a smile to your face every time you see, hear or smell it? 

HAPPY MAY DAY!

 

 

I Have The, "BLUES!"

   

Can someone ever have enough blue? I am not sure they can, but it might be possible.

I added a bit of blue to my home this weekend. One comes in the form of a piece of furniture, and the other is in the form of a plant!

FURNITURE

(The Before)

Do you see the little brown stained side table? Well it has a whole new look!

A nice coat of blue paint made all the difference in the world.

We used a satin finish. The top looks so glossy because I have a clear glass round on top for protection.

We used Krylon’s spray paint in Blue Oxford. It seemed to be the perfect blue for the room.  

It did not match the pillow, the buffalo check, or the ticking stripe on the sofa, it is somewhere in between all of those colors.

A color that has all the qualities of the other colors in the room  that are in a similar  hue can become almost neutralized, and it just works.

I call those colors, “In-Between Colors.” A very technical term. Okay, it is not really technical just another little phrase I like to use.

The next blue that was added to my home is in my yard….

FLOWERS

The back of my home is painted a very soft sage green with shutters and a window box in cobalt blue.

I use accents of black. I have two lanterns hung on each shutter an an old iron gate beneath the window box.

There you have it! A little more blue added to Kathysue’s home.

If you are a lover of Blue and white together be sure and go to my friend Jennifer’s blog, “The Pink Pagoda.” Every Monday she does a Blue and White post. I try to never miss her post!

If you are still craving a little more blue you can go and visit my pinboards.....

 

My Pinterest Boards:

Blue in Rooms

Blue in the Garden

(just click on the word BLUE and it will take you right to my boards!)

ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL MONDAY!!